Bryn Renner might be a top ACC quarterback, but he was also a high school basketball star

Quarterbacks Bryn Renner and Mike Glennon might play rival college football teams, but their rivalry goes much farther back than their days at North Carolina and N.C. State respectively.

The two Virginia natives have been playing against one another since their days in youth ball. And their battles haven’t been limited to the football field.

In fact, one of their most memorable head-to-head matchups came in a junior varsity basketball game when Renner was a freshman at West Springfield High and Glennon was a sophomore at neighboring Westfield High.

“Just before halftime I shot a 3-pointer. He came out, put his hand in my face and broke my nose,” Renner recalled. “But I made the shot. I was talking a little trash, but when I went in for halftime, my father and grandfather (came into the locker room). I said I didn’t know if I could play, but they said if you don’t play you’re not eating.”

That was all the inspiration Renner needed, apparently. He came back out in the second half and wearing a mask to protect his broken nose, he put on a shooting clinic while finishing with more than 40 points.

Renner said he ribbed Glennon a little Sunday when two met each other for the ACC’s Football Kickoff preseason media event.

Mike Glennon has made up for some basketball misfortune against rival Bryn Renner by going unbeaten against Renner's Tar Heels

When asked about the incident, Glennon said that Renner’s account was accurate. He also acknowledged that despite a three-inch height advantage over his Tar Heel rival, Renner was definitely the better basketball player.

He also said that despite being on opposite sides for most of their competitive lives, two are actually close friends. They recently spent some time together at the Manning Passing Academy in Louisiana.

“We’re competitors on the field, but off the field there aren’t hard feelings or anything like that,” Glennon said.

Besides, while Renner got the best of Glennon on the basketball court, Glennon has gotten the last laugh — at least so far — in football. His Wolfpack has beaten Renner’s Tar Heels every year the two have been at their schools.

Renner and Glennon are two of six quarterbacks representing their teams at this weekend’s ACC Kickoff. Eleven of the 12 league teams have their quarterbacks returning from last season — six of which are from the state of Virginia.